On May 28th, during this time of memorializing those who went before us, the Irish History class boarded the tiny Chappy school bus and traveled to the scene where in 1851, 256 Irish people fleeing from the Famine in Ireland were shipwrecked. The class had researched the name of the boat: The British Queen, and had obtained its passenger list. We know from the captain’s report that five people died on the voyage from Ireland and that a baby was born. Contemporary reports from the rescuers speak of the Irish being packed in steerage in appalling conditions and the diary of Jeremiah Pease tells that “four Irish froze to death.” The students read all of the 256 names of the passengers, threw flowers in the water to honor them and repeated the Irish gaelic phrase: is cuimhin linn tu (“We remember you”). It was a meaningful experience for all of us. We have done this ceremony before, but now we know the peoples’ names and can honor them and their struggle for survival.